2693. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of places being provided as part of the recently published 2025 Springboard+ programmes for courses covering artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, cloud computing, software development, e-commerce, and traditional ICT courses; the cost of providing the courses for this year; and if he will make …
Topics / Departmental Data
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Data
4,236 questions from 140 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
4,236
questions
4,233 written, 3 oral
140
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
20
departments asked
This is one of the catch-all headings the Oireachtas uses for how a department runs rather than what a question is about, so it is left out of the range and focus figures.
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
Jan 2025Oct 2026
Show as a table
| Month | Questions |
|---|---|
| January 2025 | 34 |
| February 2025 | 83 |
| March 2025 | 109 |
| April 2025 | 199 |
| May 2025 | 70 |
| June 2025 | 294 |
| July 2025 | 286 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 289 |
| October 2025 | 144 |
| November 2025 | 345 |
| December 2025 | 296 |
| January 2026 | 192 |
| February 2026 | 284 |
| March 2026 | 121 |
| April 2026 | 263 |
| May 2026 | 415 |
| June 2026 | 310 |
| July 2026 | 260 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 124 |
| October 2026 | 118 |
Who asks, by party
The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
The TDs who asked most
Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.
-
651
-
167
-
111
-
110
-
96
-
93
-
91
-
86
Asked of
Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
2696. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will provide details of the financial supports, grants, or funding schemes available for students in this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45146/25]
2709. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will address concerns regarding the eligibility criteria currently being applied to EU fees (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45463/25]
2724. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students from the Republic of Ireland who enrolled in undergraduate allied health professional courses, such as radiography, radiation therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, dietetics, orthotics, and nursing, in the Britain and the north of Ireland, for eac…
2725. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of undergraduate students studying in Irish universities in allied health professional courses (such as radiography, radiation therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, dietetics, and nursing, in each of the past ten years; and the number of each that are Irish c…
2730. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of places being provided as part of the recently published 2025 Springboard+ programmes for courses covering artificial intelligence; cybersecurity; cloud computing; software development; e-commerce; and traditional ICT courses; and the cost of providing the courses for this year. [46687/25]
2733. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the revenue raised from apprenticeship fees, including pro-rata registration fees, in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46872/25]
2736. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will examine the case of a person outlined in correspondence (details supplied); the financial supports, grants, or funding schemes available for students in this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47226/25]
2751. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to support an application in respect of a community organisation in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44971/25]
2754. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on an application made under CLÁR (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45300/25]
2760. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when the next Séala Creidiúnaithe d'Aistritheoirí exam will be; if he plans to increase the frequency of these exams, perhaps to two exams each year given the scarcity of translators and the volume of work available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46224/25]
15. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Taoiseach the number of Irish citizens who moved abroad each year since 2015. [41649/25]
16. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Taoiseach the number of new arrivals in Ireland, broken down by country of nationality since 2015. [41650/25]
198. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware of a decision made by a board (details supplied); the impact this will have on retired workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42007/25]
383. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Transport whether he has a messaging provider downloaded on his Ministerial phone; to detail any provider downloaded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42141/25]
422. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Transport the amount his Department spent on interpretation services over the past ten years, broken down by service, year, geographical area; highlighting the top ten languages most requested under this service and other trends. [41638/25]
423. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to provide the necessary funding to address damage to a large number of bridges across County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41665/25]
441. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of scrambler/quad related injuries-accidents recorded by hospitals; and if this information is not available, if there are plans to collate this data for road safety research purposes. [41906/25]
467. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has engaged with community and civil society groups in the past six months with regard to the operation of drone delivery depots already in operation and the opening of a drone delivery depot in the Dundrum area of Dublin Rathdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42300/25]
468. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the work being carried out by his Department regarding the regulation of drone delivery services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42306/25]
469. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the actions he is taking to address concerns regarding drone delivery services, including privacy and the use of camera data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42308/25]
470. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the actions he is taking to address concerns regarding drone delivery services related to excessive noise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42309/25]
471. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the actions he is taking to address concerns around drone delivery services regarding the potential safety risk (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42310/25]
490. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport to outline data sharing restrictions in respect of statutory authorities under his Department and, in particular, his views on the National Transport Authority’s ability to share anonymised information about speeding and other traffic offences. [42532/25]
491. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on progress to ensure that the Road Safety Authority is not prohibited from releasing information on road traffic accidents by GDPR; if he has sought the rationale for ceasing to release such information due to the regulation; and, if so, if he is satisfied that the rationale is reasonable. [42533/25]